That's for dang sure! But it's more fun than a 99.99999% death rate. I think there is only one documented rabies survivor (without injections) and that girl recovered to graduate high school with honors just recently. She still suffers some effects.

A bobcat is the last critter I'd expect to encounter diseased. I've had raccoons, dogs, possums, skunks, and the odd squirrel show up sick in my park but the bobcats are so stealthy we'll see them maybe once every two years. Wonder how much fore-warning the guy with the rock hammer had?? A 'daytime' bobcat is just wrong!